Study Says This Is New Jersey’s Favorite Superhero and It’s Not Who You Think

Before 2020's COVID-19 Pandemic, the Comic book Movie Genre was a billion-dollar money maker.

Both Marvel Studios (owned now by Disney) and DC Comics (Owned by Warner Bros.) have produced record revenue Worldwide featuring six of the Top 20 Highest-Grossing Movies of all time are Superhero movies.

Those numbers do not include the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time, the Summer Blockbuster Deadpool and Wolverine.  In the United States, 18 of the Top 50 Highest-Grossing Films Domestically are Superhero Genre Movies. This has given Comicbook Superheroes new life as pop culture icons.

That Deadpool and Wolverine movie last summer is one of the only Superhero genre movies to generate massive revenue in theaters.  The entire movie industry has seen diminished returns in recent years, but Comicbook based movies are still one of the highest generators of revenue for toys and online streaming.

July 2025 is a big month for the two studios that produce comic book genre movies.  The first new Superman movie is debuting in theaters since 2013, and one of the oldest Superhero teams, The Fantastic Four, is having their first movie come to theaters in 10 years.

Who Is New Jersey's Favorite Superhero

According to Casinos.com research, the most popular  superheroes in the United States are:

1. Thor (8 states)
2. Catwoman (8)
3. Superman (6 states)
4. Batman (6)
5. Captain America (5 states)

But "survey says" New Jersey is unlike 66 percent of the United States and has a different superhero that is their top pick.

New Jersey's favorite superhero is Marvel Comics' Daredevil.  This superhero famously protects the "Hell's Kitchen" section of New York City.  The character, Matt Murdock, is a Defense Lawyer by day and a Crime-Fighting vigilante at night.

The main character of a new Disney+ show earlier this year, "Daredevil: Born Again" had the most watched debut (7.5 million) on the platform since another Marvel Comics' Streaming Show, "Agatha All Along", back in September 2024 (9.3 Million).

Only four states have Daredevil as their favorite superhero: New Jersey, Indiana, New Hampshire, and West Virginia.  For the home state of the fictional character, Daredevil is the third favorite superhero in New York, behind Captain America and Catwoman.

Who Is Daredevil and Why Is He Popular

Daredevil made his Marvel Comics debut in 1964.  This character was created by Pop Culture Legend Stan Lee, the "Godfather" of modern-day Comic Books Jack Kirby, and Artist Bill Everett.  Despite being blind, Matt Murdock has superhuman hearing and heightened senses that he uses to protect the innocent and fight crime.

The Marvel Comics Superhero found a new level of popularity in the 21st Century thanks to the Daredevil Netflix show.  Debuting in 2015, the blind Vigilantee was the centerpiece of Mature Marvel TV Shows, featuring street-level heroes from New York City.  Daredevil became one of the most popular streaming shows from 2015 to 2018.

The other two favorite superheroes for New Jersey residents are Superman and Batman.  Research says The Garden State's neighbors in Pennsylvania's favorite Superhero is Batman, and Delaware's Favorite Superhero is Wonder Woman.

While New Jersey's favorite Superhero is from New York City, there are other popular fictional characters that are famously from The Garden State: